Serpentine fluid reactor components
US9486775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2400/20
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide components for a serpentine fluid reactor which is optimized for one or more objective functions of interest such as pressure drop, erosion rate, fouling, coke deposition and operating costs. The components are designed by computer modeling the components individually and collectively in which the cross section of flow path is substantially circular under industrial conditions to validate the model design and its operation. Then iteratively the component designs are deformed and the operation of the deformed part(s) is modeled and compared to values obtained with other deformed models until the value of the objective function is optimized (e.g. at an extreme) or the change in the objective function is approaching zero.
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